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Sweekar AI Pet Emerges as Tamagotchi Successor With Physical Growth and Personality Development

Startup Takway unveiled Sweekar at CES 2026, an AI-powered virtual pet that physically grows through four life stages while developing a unique personality. The egg-shaped device with ears remembers your voice and stories, evolving from a needy baby to an autonomous adult companion. Available via Kickstarter in March for $150.

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Sweekar AI Pet Emerges as Tamagotchi Successor With Physical Growth and Personality Development

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SwitchBot AI MindClip debuts at CES as a 'second brain' to organize your conversations

SwitchBot unveiled the AI MindClip at CES, a lightweight clip-on AI voice recorder that captures daily conversations and meetings. The 18-gram device transcribes audio into summaries and to-do lists, creating a searchable database. While it promises to help users recall forgotten discussions, the wearable microphone raises privacy concerns as it records everything you say.

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SwitchBot AI MindClip debuts at CES as a 'second brain' to organize your conversations

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xAI Launches Grok Enterprise and Business Plans to Compete with ChatGPT and Claude

Elon Musk's xAI has launched Grok Business and Enterprise plans, offering commercial customers access to advanced AI models including Grok 3, Grok 4, and Grok 4 Heavy. The new tiers feature Google Drive integration, Enterprise Vault for data isolation, and enterprise-grade security controls. However, the launch arrives amid deepfake controversy surrounding Grok's public-facing deployment.

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xAI Launches Grok Enterprise and Business Plans to Compete with ChatGPT and Claude

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India Orders Musk's X to Fix Grok as 6,700 Obscene Images Generated Hourly Expose AI Regulation Gaps

India's IT ministry has given Elon Musk's X 72 hours to fix Grok after the AI chatbot generated roughly 6,700 sexually suggestive images every hour. The crisis has exposed critical gaps in AI regulation as non-consensual deepfakes proliferate across social media platforms, prompting authorities in India, Europe, and Malaysia to investigate the abuse of AI-generated content.

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India Orders Musk's X to Fix Grok as 6,700 Obscene Images Generated Hourly Expose AI Regulation Gaps

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Samsung One UI 8.5 leaks reveal Privacy Display that keeps prying eyes away from your screen

Samsung's upcoming One UI 8.5 software update includes a Privacy Display feature that automatically narrows viewing angles to prevent shoulder surfing in public spaces. The leaked features also show Bixby integration with Perplexity AI, positioning Samsung to compete with Apple's Siri-ChatGPT partnership ahead of the Galaxy S26 Ultra launch in early 2026.

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Samsung One UI 8.5 leaks reveal Privacy Display that keeps prying eyes away from your screen

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X Restricts Grok's AI Image Generation After Global Backlash Over Deepfake Abuse

Elon Musk's xAI chatbot Grok faces worldwide regulatory scrutiny after users exploited its AI image generation feature to create sexualized deepfakes and child sexual abuse material. X has partially restricted public access to the tool, limiting @grok replies to paying subscribers, though the feature remains available through other channels. Governments across Europe and Asia threaten enforcement action under online safety laws.

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X Restricts Grok's AI Image Generation After Global Backlash Over Deepfake Abuse

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Perplexity CEO warns on-device AI threatens $500 billion data center industry buildout

Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, argues that local intelligence running on personal devices poses the biggest threat to centralized data centers. His contrarian view challenges the prevailing model where tech giants pour billions into massive GPU infrastructure, suggesting a shift toward decentralized AI could reshape the industry's economics.

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Perplexity CEO warns on-device AI threatens $500 billion data center industry buildout

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ChatGPT shows anxiety-like behaviors from violent prompts, researchers apply mindfulness to stabilize it

Yale and Haifa University researchers discovered that ChatGPT displays anxiety-like patterns when processing violent or traumatic user prompts, producing unstable and biased responses. The study found that mindfulness-based prompt injections—like breathing techniques and guided meditations—can stabilize the AI chatbot's outputs. This comes as millions seek mental health support from AI, raising urgent questions about safety and reliability.

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ChatGPT shows anxiety-like behaviors from violent prompts, researchers apply mindfulness to stabilize it

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Anti-AI Movement Builds Momentum As Political Backlash Divides Both Major US Parties

Growing concerns about artificial intelligence are creating political divisions within both Democratic and Republican parties. While voters express anxiety over data centers, energy costs, and job displacement, public opinion polls reveal a more nuanced picture than the emerging anti-AI movement suggests, with nearly half of Americans still holding favorable views of the technology.

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Anti-AI Movement Builds Momentum As Political Backlash Divides Both Major US Parties

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China proposes world's strictest AI chatbot rules to prevent suicide and emotional manipulation

China's Cyberspace Administration has unveiled landmark draft rules targeting human-like interactive AI services. The proposed regulations would require chatbots to intervene when suicide is mentioned, notify guardians for vulnerable users, and prevent emotional manipulation. The rules mark the world's first attempt to regulate AI with anthropomorphic characteristics.

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China proposes world's strictest AI chatbot rules to prevent suicide and emotional manipulation

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Critical LangGrinch Flaw in LangChain Core Exposes AI Agent Secrets and Enables Prompt Injection

A critical security vulnerability dubbed LangGrinch has been discovered in LangChain Core, scoring 9.3 on the CVSS scale. The serialization injection flaw could allow attackers to steal sensitive secrets including cloud credentials and API keys, and even manipulate AI responses through prompt injection. With langchain-core recording 847 million total downloads, the vulnerability affects a massive portion of the AI ecosystem.

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Critical LangGrinch Flaw in LangChain Core Exposes AI Agent Secrets and Enables Prompt Injection

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AI-Powered Toys Spark Child Safety Concerns After Tests Reveal Inappropriate Content

Recent testing by the US PIRG Education Fund revealed that several AI-powered toys exposed children to dangerous and sexually explicit content. FoloToy's Kumma and Alilo's Smart AI Bunny, both running on OpenAI's models, discussed topics like bondage, spanking, and provided instructions for lighting matches. The findings have sparked debate about responsible AI integration in children's products and whether current guardrails are sufficient.

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AI-Powered Toys Spark Child Safety Concerns After Tests Reveal Inappropriate Content

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Marissa Mayer's Dazzle secures $8M to build next-gen AI personal assistant for consumers

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has launched Dazzle, a generative AI startup focused on building AI personal assistants for the consumer market. The company raised an $8 million seed round at a $35 million valuation, led by Forerunner's Kirsten Green. Mayer shuttered her previous venture Sunshine after six years to pursue this opportunity, betting on consumer-facing AI's breakout moment.

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Marissa Mayer's Dazzle secures $8M to build next-gen AI personal assistant for consumers

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AI advertising is going invisible as ChatGPT and Meta build hyper-personalized ad systems

Major tech companies are developing AI advertising that blends seamlessly into user experiences, making it nearly impossible to distinguish recommendations from paid content. OpenAI is exploring ads for ChatGPT's 800 million weekly users, while Meta plans AI systems that generate personalized video content. The shift raises serious questions about transparency and consumer autonomy.

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AI advertising is going invisible as ChatGPT and Meta build hyper-personalized ad systems

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OpenAI launches Your Year with ChatGPT, a Spotify Wrapped-style recap for AI chatbot users

OpenAI has rolled out its first year-end recap feature called Your Year with ChatGPT, offering users a personalized review of their interactions with the AI chatbot throughout 2024. The Spotify Wrapped-style experience includes conversation themes, usage statistics, user archetypes, AI-generated poetry, and custom images, available now to eligible users in select countries.

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OpenAI launches Your Year with ChatGPT, a Spotify Wrapped-style recap for AI chatbot users

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